Estradiol, but not testosterone, heightens cortisol-mediated negative feedback on pulsatile ACTH secretion and ACTH approximate entropy in unstressed older men and women

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 306, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Animesh N ^a   Aoun, Paul ^a   Wigham, Jean R ^a   Weist, Suanne M ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Glucocorticoids; Pulsatile; Regulation; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; KETOCONAZOLE; LEUPRORELIN; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; PULSATILE; REGULATION; SEX STEROIDS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETOCONAZOLE; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 84900551129     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00551.2013     Document Type: Article

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